Editing Whitby (section)

==Twin towns==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom}}
Whitby's [[Twin towns and sister cities|twin towns]] include several visited by Captain Cook in ships built in the town.
* [[Anchorage, Alaska]], United States<ref>{{cite web |date=17 December 2001 |title=Mayor Maurice heading down under |url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/mayor_maurice_heading_down_under_1_1880783 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104184642/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/mayor_maurice_heading_down_under_1_1880783 |archive-date=4 January 2016 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=Whitby Gazette}}</ref>
* [[Porirua]], New Zealand<ref>{{cite web |title=Twin City Whitby, England |url=http://www.pcc.govt.nz/Your-Council/International-Relations/Twin-City-Whitby--England |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802053648/http://www.pcc.govt.nz/Your-Council/International-Relations/Twin-City-Whitby--England |archive-date=2 August 2011 |access-date=21 July 2011 |publisher=Porirua City Council}}</ref>
* [[Stanley, Falkland Islands]]<ref>{{cite web |date=6 February 2009 |title=Council hosts international visitor |url=http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=14242 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928030439/http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=14242 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Scarborough Borough Council}}</ref>
* [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], Canada<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Twinning can boost economy |url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Twinning-boost-economy/story-12780013-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913010133/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Twinning-boost-economy/story-12780013-detail/story.html |archive-date=13 September 2012 |access-date=13 August 2011 |website=This is Nottingham}}</ref>
* [[Nuku{{okina}}alofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]], [[Tonga]]<ref>{{cite news |title=10 Things you need to know about The Volcano Lesley Vainikolo |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |location=London |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/top-10s/2008/10/28/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-volcano-lesley-vainikolo-115875-20845262/ |access-date=13 August 2011 |issn=9975-9950 |oclc=223228477 |archive-date=20 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120213409/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/top-10s/2008/10/28/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-volcano-lesley-vainikolo-115875-20845262/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kauai County, Hawaii]]<ref>{{cite web |year=2016 |title=Things to Do in Whitby |url=http://thingstodowhitby.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825180856/http://thingstodowhitby.com/ |archive-date=25 August 2016 |access-date=22 August 2016 |website=thingstodowhitby.com}}</ref>
* [[Osterode am Harz|Osterode]], Germany<ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2008 |title=Visit marks 20th anniversary |work=Whitby Gazette |url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/visit_marks_20th_anniversary_1_1876456 |url-status=dead |access-date=13 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055732/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/visit_marks_20th_anniversary_1_1876456 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>